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Facebook Privacy & Account Settings

Updated Jan 20, 2015

Facebook Privacy & Account Settings

Always post, tweet, blog, email or otherwise

communicate with the understanding that any

information you share could potentially be made public,

regardless of your privacy settings or intentions.

That said, there are precautions you can take to keep the

information you want to stay just between friends from

being shared publicly.


What’s new on Facebook?

Changes since February 2014

• Privacy search settings

– Privacy Checkup feature with the “Privacy Dinosaur”

• More account security and privacy settings

• Personalized news feed

• Larger photos, more advertisements

– Atlas ad platform tracking cookies

• Videos in news feed play automatically


Facebook: Tips

Facebook now includes tips, which popup

as you browse through your profile. These

tips generally only appear the first few times

you use a new feature, and are intended to

make understanding new features and

changes easier for every user.

Always take the time to navigate through

the different or new settings available, and

thoroughly understand what you are

consenting to when you use websites which

display personal and private information,

such as Facebook.


This shortcut allows you to quickly view and modify your personal account

privacy settings. Settings available include Who can see my stuff, Who can

contact me and How do I stop someone from bothering me. You can also

access the Privacy Checkup feature from this dropdown menu.

Facebook: Accessing Privacy Settings

To access the privacy and

applications settings for

your Facebook account,

navigate to the padlock

icon located in the upper

right corner of your

window. This feature is

intended to make setting

and viewing your

current privacy settings

as easy as possible.


Facebook: Privacy Checkup Feature

With the Facebook Privacy

Checkup feature you can do a

quick check of what your

current privacy settings are for

posts, apps, and your more

personal profile information

(i.e. email address, birthdate).

The checkup concludes with a

brief summary of the more

basic security settings that you

have selected for your account.

Utilize this feature to do a

quick review of your privacy

settings from time to time.


Facebook: Who can see my stuff?

If you expand the Who can see my stuff drop

down menu you have the option to view or modify

who is able to view all of your future posts. Any

changes to this setting only apply to posts you

make after you have set this setting. This option

does not apply to posts you have made prior to

changing this option.

From this drop down you can also view the

Activity Log. The activity log is a feature which

allows you to view recent activity such as posts

you have made, things you have liked, or posts you

have been tagged in. From this option you can also

review any recent activity on your timeline.

Take the time to navigate through these different

options to familiarize yourself with the privacy

settings that are available.



From the privacy shortcut you also have

the option to view your profile as another

user would see it. This is a helpful utility

if you have restricted access to your wall,

either through creating groups or

restricting access to specific “friends”.

Note: Things you hide from your timeline

still appear in news feed, search, and other

places on Facebook.



*Important OPSEC note: On

Facebook, your name, profile

picture, cover photo, gender,

networks, username, and user id

are always set to public,

regardless of other privacy

settings.


Facebook: Who can contact me?

Message filters have been added to

replace the previous “who can send you

Facebook messages option.” This option

works like a spam filter, and only

displays messages in your inbox from

friends and people you may know.

For more details about this feature, select

the Learn More option. You will be

redirected to the Facebook Help Center.

You can also control who is able to send

you friend requests from this option.


Facebook: How do I block users?

Facebook gives you the option to block

another user from viewing your profile or

sending you a friend request. You must use

either a username or an email address to

designate a user you wish to block.

Blocking a user prevents them from

successfully sending your profile a friend

request, and only allows them to see

content you have set to public.

Note: This feature only blocks a user if

they use an account with the information

you provide. If a blocked user uses a

different profile/email they will be

restricted to the privacy settings you have

set for your profile, and not blocked.


Facebook: Accessing Privacy Settings

The privacy shortcut options are

only a few of the privacy settings

available on Facebook. Access

additional settings by selecting

See More Settings or selecting

Settings from your home screen

drop down settings menu.

The privacy options available are

the same under each drop down

menu.


Facebook: Privacy Basics

Facebook has a new privacy

feature. Privacy Basics offers

interactive guides to answer the

most commonly asked questions

about how you can control your

information on Facebook. For

example, you can learn about

untagging, unfriending, blocking,

and how to choose an audience

for each of your posts.


Facebook: Account Settings

From the Account Settings- General menu you have many different account options.

You can change your display name, change your email address and password or link

separate accounts in your Facebook page. From this page you also have the option to

download a copy of your Facebook data. The download is a complete

history of your Facebook usage.


Facebook: Security Settings

From this page you can also deactivate your account. If you deactivate your account

your Facebook page is not available for any Facebook or internet user to view.

Deactivating your account does not delete your account, and your account will be

activated upon your next logon.

From the Security Settings

menu you have many different

options to customize. Some of

the security options available

include login notifications, app

passwords, recognized devices

and a record of locations you

have logged into Facebook

from. Take the time to navigate

through each of these settings

and select the option that best

fits your personal privacy and

security needs.


Facebook: Privacy Settings & Tools

The privacy settings listed on this page are the same settings that are available in the

shortcut drop down menu.


Facebook: Privacy Settings & Tools

From the Privacy Settings menu you can control how other users can search for you. You can also allow or restrict search engines from accessing your profile and including your information, posts, pictures and other content in search results. If you enable this setting your Facebook content and information will be available in a simple Google search.


Facebook: Timeline and Tagging

From the Timeline and Tagging Setting menu you can control who can add things to your timeline, who can see things on your timeline and how to manage tags and tag suggestions. Take the time to browse through the different settings available to customize these settings to best meet your privacy needs.

The NOST always recommends Facebook users be as restrictive as possible when setting privacy settings.



If you allow a user to tag you in a post, a hyperlink to your profile will be included in the

post. Posts that you are tagged in are subject to the privacy settings of the person who

originated the post. If you do not allow other users to tag you in posts they can still tag

you in the post, but a link to your profile is not included.

The NOST recommends you restrict your friends ability to tag you in

photos and never share your location.



Facebook utilizes facial recognition software to recommend adding username tags to photos.

The facial recognition information is stored, and each time an image is uploaded that

matches stored facial features Facebook recommends a user to tag.

The NOST does not recommend any user enable the facial recognition

feature on Facebook.


Facebook: Timeline & Status Updates

You also have the option to set

privacy settings for each

individual post you make.

For example, if your general

privacy settings on your timeline

are set to friends only, but you

would like a specific post

available to the public, you can

do so from the drop down menu

on a specific post.


To view or change the privacy settings of

a past post, select the drop down menus

highlighted in the adjacent images. You

have the option to change the privacy

setting, the date, edit the post, add

location information, hide the post from

your timeline or delete the post.

Note, if you hide a post from your

timeline it will still appear in friends

newsfeeds, but will not appear on your

personal timeline.


Facebook: Timeline & Status Updates

Your news feed now includes larger

pictures with more details,

advertisements, and video content

which will play automatically.

Your profile page has also been

rearranged, displaying more

information about you and your usage.

Content control and limiting the amount of personal

information you make available is always a recommend

OPSEC best practice.


Facebook: Personal Profile Settings

Facebook: Personal Profile Settings

The About tab on your

Facebook profile page includes

a list of details that you have the

option of providing. You are not

required to fill in any of these

fields to access your Facebook

account.

From this page you also have

the option to manage some of

the sections that appear on your

About tab. Take the time to

scroll through the different

settings to best meet your

privacy setting needs.


Content control and limiting the amount of personal

information you make available is always a recommend

OPSEC best practice.

Places allows users to tag a

geographical location in a post.

Users have the option to be as

specific as to include an exact

location, such as a home address, or

tag a general location, such as the

city they are in.

Location information is subject to

the same privacy settings that other

posts and tags are set at. Users also

have the option to customize privacy

settings for individual posts that

include location information.

Facebook: Places

The NOST always recommends users be generic as possible when it

comes to personal details. Never provide exact locations of significant

places, such as where you live, on your social networking profiles.


If you allow other users to tag you in location based posts, or include your location in your

own posts, these locations will be included in a Places map on your profile. Your privacy

settings control who is able to see places you have been tagged in.

Take the time to go through your settings and customize them to meet

your specific privacy needs.

Facebook: Places


This presentation only covers the

settings available on the Facebook

desktop site, and does not include

privacy and security features

available on the mobile application.

Be aware, the places features on the

mobile application can include your

exact GPS location from your mobile

device, and has the ability to report

your location in real time.

Facebook: Places & Mobile App

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Facebook: Mobile App

Mobile users should be aware of EXIF data, and should upload photos from mobile devices with caution.

Photos taken with devices that have GPS embed location information (EXIF data) in the image. When images with EXIF data are uploaded to a website it is possible to extract the embedded location information and view the exact physical location a photo was taken at.

This feature can be disabled in mobile devices. Once disabled, location information will not be embedded in a photo taken with a device that has GPS.

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Facebook: Blocking

From the Manage Blocking page

you have the option to block

specific users from interacting

with your Facebook profile,

block apps from accessing your

profile and block event invites a

specific user.

You can also add friends to a

restricted list. Friends on the

restricted list are only able to

view content that you make

available to the public. Friends

are not notified when they are

placed on a restricted list.


Facebook: Blocking

Blocking a user no longer

prevents them from

successfully searching for

your Facebook profile.

Blocked users can still see

content that is not subject to

customizable privacy settings,

such as profile and cover

photos.

Blocked users are not able see

content on your timeline, send

you messages or send you a

friend request.


Facebook: Notifications

From the Notifications page

you can set a number of

different notification options.

Take the time to navigate

through the different options

to decide what works best for

your privacy needs.

Note, the Facebook mobile

app has a separate menu to

manage notifications that you

receive on your mobile

device.


Facebook: Mobile Settings

The Mobile Settings page gives

you the option to receive text

message notifications to the

mobile number that you provide.

Please note, Facebook’s search

function includes email addresses,

usernames and phone numbers. If

you provide your mobile number

and do not properly manage your

privacy settings, users can search

for your profile using your mobile

number.

The NOST recommends users

provide as little personal

information as possible to sites

such as Facebook.


Facebook: Mobile Settings

Facebook has a feature which

allows a user to log out of their

Facebook mobile app from the

desktop web site.

If your mobile device is lost or

stolen, the ability to log out of

your Facebook mobile

application will prevent an

unauthorized user from

accessing and modifying your

private information.


Facebook: Follower Settings

The Follower Settings menu

allows users who are not your

friend to subscribe to public

posts that you make. If you

enable the follower function,

followers who are not your

friend on Facebook will be able

to see your public posts on your

wall and in their own news feed.

If you would like to make some

postings public with

notifications to users your do not

necessarily want to “friend”, this

feature is for you.


Facebook: App Settings

From the App Settings page

you have the option to view

and manage applications that

can access your profile.

Periodically check this setting

to keep track of the apps that

have access to your profile

information.

If you are no longer using an

app, recommend you remove

that app from the list of apps

you use to better control access

to your online content.


Facebook: App Settings

The App Settings

page has two important

settings every

Facebook user should

be aware of: Apps

others use and Instant

personalization.


Facebook: App Others Use

Apps others use allows you to select the information that applications that your Facebook friends use are able to access about you.

From this page you have the option to allow or restrict an application from accessing the profile information listed in the adjacent window.

The NOST recommends users make as little personal information as possible available to any application, especially those that you do not use yourself.


Facebook: Instant Personalization

Instant personalization

allows outside websites which

have partnered with Facebook

to use the personal

information you make

available on Facebook to

“personalize” your online

experience. For instance, if

you go to the Pandora music

website, Pandora can access

your Facebook information

and will automatically play

the genre of music that most

closely matches your

Facebook likes and content. The NOST always recommends that users share as little

personal information as possible with websites such as

Facebook, and does not recommend Facebook users enable the

Instant personalization function.


Facebook: Ads

At this time, Facebook does not

allow third party applications or

ad networks to use your

Facebook name or profile picture

in ads featured on Facebook. If in

the future they do allow

advertiser to use your public

information, this setting

addresses who you will allow to

see ads that include information

from your Facebook profile.

The NOST always recommends

that users be as restrictive as

possible with their personal

information.


Facebook: Ads

A feature on Facebook is the pairing of

advertisements with users actions. If a

user “likes” a page, advertisements

now include the action and appear in

the advertisement stream of Facebook

friends profiles.

From the Facebook Ads page you

have the option to allow no one, or just

your friends to see Facebook ads that

are paired with your social actions on

Facebook.


Facebook: Payment Settings

Facebook does accept payments

for purchasing items and playing

online games. You can manage

your payment methods and view

your purchase history from the

Payment Settings page.

Always exercise caution when

linking any website to your

personal banking information.


Facebook: Support Dashboard

If you report an image, post or Facebook page to the Facebook administrators, you can

track the status from the Support Dashboard page.

You can also review your support request history from this page.


Facebook: Videos

You can change the

definition of the

videos you watch on

Facebook, as well as

choose whether or not

you would like videos

to automatically play.


Facebook: Manage Friends

The NOST recommends you restrict who is able to see your friend list,

as social engineering attempts often utilize common connections, such

as relationships.

You can control the privacy

setting for your Facebook

friend’s list from your profile

page.

Keep in mind, your Facebook

friends set their own privacy

settings, and your friend status

under their profile is not

subject to the privacy settings

you have on your account.


Facebook: Manage Friends

From your friends list you

can manage different

settings and notifications

that you receive from your

Facebook friends.

Take the time to familiarize

yourself with the different

settings available so you

can customize your settings

to best meet your privacy

needs.


Facebook: Photo & Album Settings

When you upload a photo to your Facebook profile you have the option to restrict who is able to view your photo or albums, tag people, add location information and add comments.

You also have the option to go back into albums and photos and change individual photo privacy settings as needed to suite your privacy needs.

The NOST recommends users restrict who is able to see private content as much as possible.


Facebook: Report A Fake Account

If someone has established a fake account using your personal information (i.e. your

name, your photo), report the account to Facebook. After a short verification process the

account will be removed.

Navigate to the account profile page in question and select the .

Select the correct fields, as displayed above.


Facebook: Report A Fake Account

If you do not have a Facebook account and someone has established an account in

your likeness, navigate to the Help Center page from the Facebook login page.

From the Help Center search for “how do I report a fake account” and

select the file a report without an account option.


Facebook: Graph Search

Graph Search is a beta

products that is intended

to help users find content

on Facebook.

Note, this feature is not

available in the mobile

Facebook app, as of yet.


Graph Search makes searching

for content, such as likes and

photos, even easier.

Graph Search results will

include any content that is

available that matches your

search terms anywhere on

Facebook.

Privacy settings do apply to

search results.

Take the time to explore Graph

Search to better familiarize

yourself with this feature.

Facebook: Graph Search


OPSEC Best Practices

• Maintain a unique password for different accounts.

• Change passwords frequently.

• Do not link other search engines to your Facebook timeline.

• Do not register for a social media account with an official .mil/.gov email address.

• Verify friend requests before accepting.

• Always assume your content can be viewed publically, regardless of your privacy

settings.

• Always consider how your information can be used against you.

• Do not include location information that details sensitive locations such as home,

children’s school, and so on.


This presentation is a quick over view of

the different privacy and account options

available on Facebook.

We encourage users familiarize themselves

with the different privacy and account

settings that are available, and review them

often, as site upgrades and changes occur

regularly.

Need more information, general OPSEC

training or support products? Contact the

NOST with any requests.

Naval OPSEC Support Team

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